Odin BOOKS READ

[Joanne]

You read 2 books on the same day with the exact same name? This must be for a challenge, LOL!

[Anna]

11/16/2015

[p.373]
Goal: Read a book where a character is a werewolf

[Anna]

[p.544] BOM https://goo.gl/lk8g53
Published: July 2nd, 2015
Author: Karin Slaughter
# letters in title: 11
pages add: 13
cover color: Grey
items on cover: girl, nail, photo, wood, blood
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Adult
Character Names: Claire, Lydia, Julia, Sam, Helen, Dee, Rick, Paul, Adam Quinn, Fred Nolan, Carl Huckabee, Wynn Wallace,
Average GR rating: 3.99
Misc: 24 chapters, psychopath, serial killer/rapist, torture, 3 sisters, suicide, porn, police, FBI
Setting: Atlanta

[Fi]

by Mia Kerick

Published November 14th 2013
3 parts
YA, high school/college, abuse, reunited

[Anna]

11/17/2015

[p.128]
Goal: Read a book where a character is a mythical creature (mermaid/siren)

*mini challenge: 2.3 - 4.3 - 4.5 - 7.4 - 8.4

[Anna]

[p.471]
Goal: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as shelved - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

*mini challenge: 1.2 - 3.3 - 4.3 - 5.2 - 6.2 - 8.4 - 8.5 - 9.3

[VNerdbooks]

Finished

544 pages
BOM

Added to spreadsheet

[Fi]

Glimpses: A Collection of Nightrunner Short Stories by Lynn Flewelling
130 pages

Anthology (4 short stories and an excerpt): "Misfits", "The wild", "By the river", "The bond", "The Summer Players".
Characters: Seregil, Alec, Nysander, Micum, Korathan, Amasa, Ireya

[Amanda A]

Strong Enough by M. Leighton
Finished 11/16/15
304 pages
Published 8/4/15
Black cover with man and woman
Genres: Romance, New Adult, Contemporary, Military, Suspense
Characters: Muse, Jasper, Kiefer and Tag
Setting: San Diego, Atlanta and Paris
Series #1
Avg GR Rating: 4.02
Misc: Character with military background


What Happens in Scotland by Jennifer McQuiston
Finished 11/17/15
384 pages
Published 2/26/13
Cover: Woman, stars and castle
Genres: Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Romance
Characters: Georgette, James, William, Elsie, Randolph, David, Patrick
Setting: Scotland
Series #1
Avg GR Rating: 3.65
Misc: James is a lawyer, character visits a castle, castle on cover, blonde on cover


Spider's Revenge by Jennifer Estep
Finished 11/17/15
404 pages
Published 9/27/11
Cover: woman, demolished building, fire
Genres: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Magic, Fantasy, Supernatural, Vampires
Characters: Gin, Bria, Finn, JoJo, Sophia, Owen, Mab, Xavier, Roslyn, Jonah
Setting: Ashland
Series #5
Avg GR Rating: 4.20
Misc: Fire on cover, character works in a restaurant, character is a vampire

[Wishbear]

Forrest Gump
Author: Winston Groom
Finished: November 17, 2015
Pages: 243
Setting: Mobile, Alabama; VietNam; New Guinea; Savannah Georgia; Bayou La Batre
Goal: Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a hot/burning country/world

[Anna]

[p.464]

Goal: Read a book that mentions an Egyptian god.
("...the words which were an invocation and an invitation to possession addressed to the dog-headed deity Anubis...")


*mini challenge: 1.1 - 2.3 - 2.4 - 5.2 - 6.2 - 8.4

[Silje]

Finished The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Date read: 11/17/15, pg:465
First published: 1973. Chapters: 8+introduction
Cover: couple, masked man, forrest, red dress, sword
Setting: Florin, Europe
Characters: Buttercup, Westley, Inigo, Fezzic, Count Rugen, Miracle Max, Humperdinck
Misc: a person is thought to be lost(dead), but isn't. Pirates. Comments from author in between the story. A giant. A man with six fingers. Several people die. Mc comes back from the dead.

[Anna]

[p.495]
Date Published: November 3rd, 2015
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Horror, Short Stories Collection, Anthologies
Cover Color: Black, red letters
Irems on Cover: faceless head, butterflies, Reaper, boat, lake/water, mist, bird, tree
Characters: Pete Simmons, Rachel Lussier, trooper Golding, Doug Sanderson, Harvey Beecher, Anthony Wayland, Marlee Jacobs, Vicky, Jim Trusdale, Nora Callahan, Isaac Harris, Franklin, Eugene Katsanis, Olga Glukhov
Setting: USA
Average Rating:
Misc: 21 chapters, monster, magnifying glass, horse, eating ice-cream, dog, heart-attack, EMT, Alzheimer's, eating steak, hospital/elderly care center, car accident, murder, kayak, lawyer, judge, last will, death row prison, suicide, mine accident, ranch, pastor, writer, school teacher, nurse, afterlife, cancer, banker, kindle, women basketball team, coach, predict future, eating pizza, poet, rape, lottery winner, baseball, manager, drinking beer, AIDS, gay men, solving 1000p puzzle, heirloom pocket watch, artist/painter, eating sandwich, pilot


*mini challenge: 2.3 - 3.3 - 3.5 - 4.3 - 4.5 - 5.2 - 5.4 - 6.1 - 6.2 - 6.3 - 8.4

[Fi]

Wes and Kit by Hollis Shiloh
Published August 4th 2014
Characters: Wes, Kit, Skeffield, Robert, Bernie
Other: clock repairman, kidnapped, dog, mechanical hearts

[Joanne]

Finished

Adding it to the goalless tab

[Anna]

11/19/2015

[p.316]
Goal: Read a book with a silver or white dress on the cover

*mini challenge: 1.1 - 2.3 - 2.4 - 3.3 - 4.5 - 5.2 - 6.3 - 8.5

[Anna]

[p.124]
Goal: Read a book with a crown on the cover

*mini challenge: 2.3 - 3.1 - 7.4 - 8.4

[Anna]

[p.241]
characters: The man, The boy
setting: USA
misc: no chapters, cannibalism

*mini challenge: 6.1 - 6.5 - 8.2 - 8.4

[VNerdbooks]

Finished


The Road That Leads To Us by Micalea Smeltzer
486 pages

added to goalless tab

[Plethora]

I'm confused...I thought a book could only count for one of the mini-challenge task, but I see post referencing multiple task.

I know it can count for the main tower points and still be used in the mini-challenge as those are separate things.

[Anna]

A Bookworm Reading (Plethora) wrote: "I'm confused...I thought a book could only count for one of the mini-challenge task, but I see post referencing multiple task"

There is a bonus if we complete them all, so, although the book can be used only once, the captains can choose among the ones it covers, those not already done. At least that's why I'm doing it.

[Amanda A]

Concrete Evidence by Rachel Grant
Finished 11/18/15
322 pages
Published 4/16/13
50 chapters
Blue cover with man, woman and Washington DC skyline
Genres: Romantic Suspense, Romance, Mystery, Suspense, Contemporary
Characters: Erica Kesling, Lee Scott, JT Talon
Setting: Washington, DC and Bethesda, MD
Series #1
Avg GR Rating: 4.02


Missing Dixie by Caisey Quinn
Finished 11/18/15
304 pages
Published 10/27/15
34 chapters
Man and woman on cover
Genres: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Music
Characters: Dixie, Gavin, Dallas, Robyn, Jaggerd, Cassidy
Setting: Amarillo, TX
Series #3
Avg GR Rating: 4.26


Where Darkness Lies by Bella Jewel
Finished 11/19/15
256 pages
Published 12/16/14
33 chapters
Cover: man, woman, ships and ocean
Genres: Pirates, Romance, Contemporary, Suspense, New Adult
Characters: Dimitri, Jess, Hendrix, Indigo, Livvie, Roger, Damon
Series #2
Avg GR Rating: 4.16
Misc: redhead on cover

[Plethora]

Anna - Thank you for the clarification.

I was confused, but I haven't had much time to look at the mini-challenge yet.

[Plethora]

Title: A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Finished: 11/18/15
ISBN-13: 9780312368562
ISBN-10: 0312368569
Pages: 304
Chapters: 12
Mythical creature: Unicorn
Includes Time Travel
Book 3 in Series
Average Rating: 4.12
Originally published July 1978
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction

[Anna]

11/20/2015

[p.306]
Author: Nnedi Okorafor
Setting: Lagos, Nigeria
Character: Adaora, Chris, father Oke, Kola, Philomena, Moziz, Fisayo, Jacobs, Benson Shehu, Rome, Zena
Misc: 57 chapters, sea creatures, first contact, scientist, preacher, artist, soldier, aliens, president, rape & murder, scenes on the beach, Adaora has 2 children, Christian/Muslin interaction, Chris is superstitious or believes in witches, audiobook with 2 narrators male+female, audiobook 10+ hours, stand-alone book, third person narration, set by ocean, mc's have superhero powers (Adaora - immobilize with her mind, Adu - super strength, Anthony - premonition)

*mini challenge: 2.3 - 3.3 - 3.5 (Anthony=singer) - 4.3 - 9.2 (South Africa/Nigeria)

[Tory]

Took: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
264 pages
Published: September 15th 2015
Genre: Horror, Paranormal, Ghosts
Characters: Daniel, Erica, Brody, Selene, Mr. O'Neill, Mrs. O'Neill, Old Auntie, Miss Perkins

[Anna]

[p.338]

*mini challenge: 1.2 - 4.3 - 6.2(Annie) - 6.3("Annie woke with a start. It was always the same dream. Nothing she did could prevent Christopher's death." start of chapter 33)

[Anna]

[p.218]

Goal: Read a book where the MC is unreliable narrator

*mini challenge: 2.3 - 2.4 (between jobs & "third" in relationship) - 6.2 (Tyler) - 8.4

[VNerdbooks]

Finished November 9

Works for alliteration goal

[Silje]

Ice
pg: 320
Date: 11/21
Cover: white, girl, polar bear, ice/snow
Setting: North pole, arctic areas
Characters: Cassie, Bear, Gail, Max, Owen, Sedna
Misc: 31 chapters, has trolls and creatures called "munaqsri", some kind of soulbearers. Mentions polarbear, lemming, mermaid, whale. Based on the fairytale "Kvitebjørn Kong Valemon"

[Fi]

Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon, Ginn Hale, Astrid Amara

Anthology, 4 stories
Chapters: 11, 10, 18 and 11
Characters: Keith Curry, Gunther Heartman, Archer Green, Rake, Barry Littlechurch, Deven Shaw, Silas August, Henry Falk, Jason Shamir
Set in US, Canada, France, Mexico
Other: cannibalism, goblins, vampires, vegetarian, faerie, mythical snake (naga), demon, witch, mention of Freya and Hermes, half-dead magician, faerie prince, familiar

[Amanda A]

The Pocket Wife by Susan H. Crawford
Finished 11/21/15
320 pages
Tarot cards are mentioned but I'm not sure if this works for the goal. "His arms are still up in the air as if he's forgotten them; she thinks of the Hanged Man in a tarot deck."

Published 3/17/15
Woman on cover
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
Characters: Dana, Peter, Celia, Ronald, Jack, Kyle, Ann
Avg GR Rating: 3.35
Misc: murder takes place, character is a teacher, character is a lawyer
Setting: New Jersey

[Joanne]

Unless they specifically USE tarot cards, I don't think this will work.

[Anna]

11/22/2015

[p.365]
Goal: Read a book where tarot cards are used
(Only the End of the World Again, short story)
"...She was playing a card game with a tarot deck, some version of solitaire."
"...“Now,” she said, “the tarot.” She unwrapped her deck from the black silk scarf that held it, passed me the cards to shuffle..."

*mini challenge: 2.3 - 2.5 (Ms Ezekiel, tarot) - 3.5 (writer) - 4.6 ("...The creature bit the girl’s face off, dropped what was left on the sand, and I thought: meat and chemicals, how quickly they become meat and chemicals, just one bite and they’re meat and chemicals...") - 5.3 - 8.4 (England)

[Anna]

[p.226]
characters: Reconquista, Bonsoir, Cinnabar, Elf, Gertrude, Quaker, Mephetic, Puss, Angie Weasel, Zapata, Harold
misc: 53 chapters, all characters are animals, soldier, assassin, King, drinking beer

*mini challenge: 4.4 (Quaker is a snake) - 6.2 (Reconquista) - 7.1 - 7.2 (in the castle dungeons) - 8.3 (Cinnabar) - 8.4 (Brooklyn)

[VNerdbooks]

Finished Carry on by Rainbow Rowell

works for mini challenge for magic and tagged as GLTB

[Wishbear]

Heat of Passion
Author: Harold Robbins
Finished 11/22/15
432 pages
80 chapters
Cover: seductive woman, pink
Genres: Fiction
Characters: Win, Marni, Cross, Simone,
Setting: Angola, Cape Town, New York, Los Angelas
Avg GR Rating: 3.76
Misc: diamond industry, espionage, sabotage, rebels

Goal: Read a book with 71-80 chapters

[Joanne]

Finished . Adding to goalless tab

[Amanda A]

Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews
Finished 11/22/15
418 pages
Published 7/29/14
White cover with woman holding sword, a lion and snow
Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance
Characters: Kate Daniels, Curran Lennart, Derek Gaunt, Jim Shrapshire, Dr. George Doolittle, Andrea Nash, Ghastek, Ted Moynohan, Hugh d'Ambray, Ascanio Ferara, Barabas Gilliam, Evdokia Ivanovna, Desandra, Robert Lonesco, Roland
Setting: Atlanta, Georgia
Series #7
Avg GR Rating: 4.53
Misc: 18 chapters, shapeshifter who turns into a lion, character is a werewolf, pseudonym

[Diane L]

I've been lazy and not adding my books here - just putting them on the spreadsheet. Tonight I was going through all of the covers for books on the goalless tab and was very appreciative of those who have linked either cover or their edition in this thread.

So here are the covers of all of my books on the goalless tab and a solemn promise to update this thread with my books.

[Anna]

11/23/2015

[p.196]

Goal: Read a book with people dancing on the cover

*mini challenge: 1.2 - 3.5 (musician) - 7.4

[Tory]

11/23/15

305 pages
Published: June 13, 2011
Genre: Mermaids, Fantasy, Young Adult, Paranormal
Characters: Luce, Uncle Peter, Catarina, Anais, Miriam
Setting: Pittley, Alaska

[Tory]

11/23/15

305 pages
Published: June 13, 2011
Genre: Mermaids, Fantasy, Young Adult, Paranormal
Characters: Luce, Uncle Peter, Catarina, Anais, Miriam
Setting: Pittley, Alaska

[Anna]

[p.352]

Goal: Read a book with lightning on the cover

*mini challenge: 1.2 - 2.1 - 2.2 - 2.3 - (in between worlds magic and the real one) - 4.5 (scorpion golem & demon) - 6.1 - 6.2 (Harry) - 8.1 (storm) - 8.4 (Missouri) - 8.5 (#1 Dresden Files) - 9.5

[Joanne]

Finished . Adding to goalless tab. Double checked with http://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail.... for word count (44,275)

[Joanne]

Finished Red Queen. Will add to goalless books tomorrow.

[Amanda A]

Finished 11/23/15
452 pages
Goal: #15 on College Romance listopia

[Anna]

[p.218]

Goal: Read a book which has the main location (setting) as South America (Peru - Andes)

*mini challenge: 1.4 - 2.3 (Peru) - 2.4 (between life & death) - 3.3 - 5.6 - 8.2 (Andes) - 8.4 (UK) - 9.2 (Peru)

[Fi]

Rare by Garrett Leigh
240 pages
27 chapters (2 parts + epilogue)
Characters: Ash, Pete, Joe, Danni, Ellie, Charlie, Maggie
Set in Chicago
Other: Paramedic, tattoo artist, hospital, 2 povs

[Silje]

Den Eldste by Christopher Paolini
870 pages
71 chapters (I think), not numbered.
Characters: Eragon, Saphira, Oromis, Glaedr, Roran, Hrothgar, Arya, Orik, Horst, Murtagh, Solembum, Jeod, Ra'zac, The Twins, Nasuada, Queen Islanzadi, Jormundur
Cover: red, dragon, mountain
#2 in series, The Inheritance Cycle
misc: has dragons, elves, dwarfes, magic, war,